"The Biography of Zhen Huan in the Harem" is a film and television work set in the Yongzheng Harem, in which many concubines ended up with a tragic ending due to the competition for favors. However, through the study of the historical materials of the Yongzheng Harem, it was found that the Yongzheng Harem was not full of blood and rain as described in the film and television drama, on the contrary, it was calm and calm. However, no matter how calm it is, there will be unlucky concubines, such as ma Changzai, who will be talked about today.
Since the Kangxi Dynasty, the hierarchy of concubines in the Qing Dynasty has gradually improved, and by the Yongzheng period, eight major hierarchies were formed, namely empress, imperial concubine, noble concubine, concubine, concubine, concubine, nobleman, chang zai and promise. Of course, in addition to these concubines, there were also an unequal number of official women in the harem, whose main task was to undertake manual labor, but there were also a few lucky ones who were summoned by the emperor and leapt to concubines.
It can be found that the horse we are talking about today ranks seventh in the rank of concubines, almost belonging to the lowest level of concubines, generally speaking, only concubines who make mistakes will be demoted to promises or even official women. This can illustrate two problems: First, Ma Changzai's origin is very low. Second, Ma Changzai should not be very favored.
Regarding Ma Changzai's family lineage, there is no relevant record in the historical records, but judging from her changzai position, Ma Changzai should be a Han from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and she participated in the palace women's draft.
About the seventh year of Yongzheng, Ma Chang was selected into the harem, and she was fortunate to be favored by the Yongzheng Emperor and was given the title of promise, and only half a year later, she was again named Chang zai (called Ma Chang Zai). However, what is unexpected is that in the eighth year of Yongzheng, the Yongzheng Emperor fell ill and almost lost his life, and this illness lasted until the ninth year of Yongzheng, so Ma Changzai lost the good opportunity to gain favor, and her position was never promoted again.
In August of the thirteenth year of Yongzheng, the Yongzheng Emperor died, and the young Ma Changzai became a widow, and from then on she spent a long night alone, facing only red walls and green tiles every day, but as the concubine of the former emperor, Ma Chang could not stand any grievances in material matters.
Thirty-three years in Qianlong, Ma Changzai, who had been alone in an empty house for 33 years, finally came to the end of her life, and this year, she passed away, and her death should be around 50 years old. After Ma Chang's death, her coffin was temporarily placed in Tamura's funeral home. However, what is unexpected is that Ma Changzai has been forgotten since then, and her coffin has been parked in the funeral palace for seven years, until the forty years of Qianlong, when the official in charge of the funeral palace discovered Ma Changzai's coffin.
The officials did not dare to slacken off at all, and immediately reported the matter to the Qianlong Emperor. When the Qianlong Emperor learned of this, long Yan was furious at the negligence of the officials, and immediately ordered that the relevant people be severely punished, etc., and ordered that Ma Chang be buried immediately in the Tailing Concubine Garden.